falta

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) lack (the condition of not having, needing, or needing more of something)
2. (feminine) absence; truancy (an instance of missing a class)
3. (feminine) fault (a mistake, error, sin or transgression, especially a minor one)
4. (feminine) foul (breach of game rules)
5. (feminine) direct free kick (free kick following a foul committed outside the penalty area)
6. (feminine) the condition of missing someone or something

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of faltar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of faltar:

Adj

feminine singular of falto

faltar

1. (intransitive) to be missing; to be lacking
2. (intransitive) to be lacking; to be absent
3. (intransitive) to skip, to miss
4. (intransitive) to remain; to be left (for completing something)
5. (intransitive) to be absent, not present

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falto

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Concepts

absence

want

lack

deficiency

shortage

fault

defect

flaw

gap

foul

shortcoming

default

dearth

famine

failure

guilt

impairment

imperfection

inadequacy

insufficiency

deficit

miss

mistake

nonattendance

offence

scarcity

event

deprivation

shortfall

thinness

forfeit

Synonyms

carência

falha

ausência

deficiência

culpa

escassez

erro

insuficiência

omissão

grande fome geral

fome

negligência

penúria

vício

défice

descuido

Translations

falta

mancanza

manque

gebrek

Mangel

afwezigheid

tekort

gemis

Manko

Fehler

défaut

Fehlen

faute

absence

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaw.tɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: falsus

Cognate with Catalan: falta

Cognate with English: fault

Cognate with Spanish: falta

Cognate with French: faute

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Cognate to Catalan falta, English fault, Spanish falta and French faute.

Sentences

O tio Jack e eu vamos sentir sua falta .

Uncle Jack and I will miss you.

Quem fala a verdade não falta inimigos .

Those who speak the truth are not short of enemies.

À meia-noite percebo que falta água .

At midnight I realize that there is no water.

São João a falta e o Menino Jesus a estende .

Saint John misses it and the Child Jesus extends it.

Jamais nos preocupemos com a falta de dinheiro .

Let's never worry about the lack of money.

Pode oferecer comodidade ou falta .

You can offer convenience or lack of it.